Blue Lock 14

Part of Blue Lock

Illustrated by Yusuke Nomura
Paperback (Manga RTL)
$12.99 US
0"W x 0"H x 0"D   | 9 oz | 24 per carton
On sale Aug 27, 2024 | 208 Pages | 978-1-64651-671-1
| Rated T+
A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game–meets–World Cup manga, now available in print!

Anime airing now!


COULD YOU IMPROVISE TO SURVIVE?

The curtain finally rises on the Blue Lock Eleven versus U-20 Japan game. Deprived of their wild-card striker, Shidou, the Blue Lock Eleven must find a way to break through the so-called “diamond generation’s” ironclad defense. Individual battles play out across the field as the Itoshi brothers revisit old rivalries and Isagi discovers he’s not the only one who can rely on “reflexive thinking” when it counts...
Muneyuki Kaneshiro broke out as creator of 2011's As the Gods Will, a death game story that spawned two sequels and a film adaptation directed by the legendary Takashi Miike. His latest work is the stylish and twisted soccer battle manga Blue Lock.

Manga artist Yusuke Nomura debuted in 2014 with the grotesquely cute cult hit alien invasion story Dolly Kill Kill, which was released digitally in English by Kodansha. His latest work is the soccer battle manga Blue Lock.

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A mad young coach gathers soccer players from across the country to compete in a series of bizarre challenges in a high-tech colosseum he calls Blue Lock. It's a no-balls-barred battle to become Japan's next top striker, in this Squid Game–meets–World Cup manga, now available in print!

Anime airing now!


COULD YOU IMPROVISE TO SURVIVE?

The curtain finally rises on the Blue Lock Eleven versus U-20 Japan game. Deprived of their wild-card striker, Shidou, the Blue Lock Eleven must find a way to break through the so-called “diamond generation’s” ironclad defense. Individual battles play out across the field as the Itoshi brothers revisit old rivalries and Isagi discovers he’s not the only one who can rely on “reflexive thinking” when it counts...

Creators

Muneyuki Kaneshiro broke out as creator of 2011's As the Gods Will, a death game story that spawned two sequels and a film adaptation directed by the legendary Takashi Miike. His latest work is the stylish and twisted soccer battle manga Blue Lock.

Manga artist Yusuke Nomura debuted in 2014 with the grotesquely cute cult hit alien invasion story Dolly Kill Kill, which was released digitally in English by Kodansha. His latest work is the soccer battle manga Blue Lock.

Blue Lock Fastest Growing Manga Series According to Bookscan

At a recent ComicsPro presentation, Kristen McLean of Circana (which owns BookScan) discussed trends in the manga category.  She declared that the fastest growing series in 2023 is BLUE LOCK from Kodansha!  This one-part sports drama, one-part elimination-game survival series has strongly connected with readers, and became turbocharged after a popular anime launch too. Now

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